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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Lorrain Sausse, Charmes, FR;
Raphael Hettinger, Hadol, FR;
Dominique Petitjean, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Gary Agnew, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Philippe Arnold, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Emmanuel Severin, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Manuel Dufin, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Lorrain Sausse, Charmes, FR;
Raphael Hettinger, Hadol, FR;
Dominique Petitjean, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Gary Agnew, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Philippe Arnold, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Emmanuel Severin, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Manuel Dufin, Thaon les Vosges, FR;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A variable-nozzle turbocharger includes a turbine housing and a center housing, and a generally annular nozzle ring and an array of vanes rotatably mounted to the nozzle ring such that the vanes are rotatably adjustable for regulating exhaust gas flow to the turbine wheel. An elastically deformable member is disposed between a radially inwardly facing surface of the nozzle ring and a radially outwardly facing surface of the center housing, the elastically deformable member having a radially inner surface contacting the radially outwardly facing surface of the center housing and having a radially outer surface contacting the radially inwardly facing surface of the nozzle ring so as to radially center the nozzle ring relative to the center housing.